Thursday, 27 October 2016

What I'm reading: Journey to Jo'burg

Journey to Jo'burg is a book by the South African author Beverley Naidoo. The story tells of two young children's struggle to search for their mother in a time of need. Their younger sister is sick and they need to get help fast!

I found this book so interesting because not only does it tell us of the journey that these two children went on, it also taught me so much about the apartheid law in South Africa.

Apartheid was a set of laws that mean black and white people had to be segregated (separated) in many areas of their day to day life. In the book, we also meet characters who were determined to fight for their freedom. I found this very inspirational!

Can you think of any other stories where children have to go on an adventure or journey in order to save someone or something?

11 comments:

  1. I've heard of a book called the lion who stole my arm and it's about a lion that takes his arm away and he goes on an adventure to kill the lion

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  2. It reminds me of the firework makers daughter because she goes on an journey to be the Best fire work maker EVER! But then she realises it was all in her imagination the person that gives her the things can't do it he want 3 things to do it and if you don't have them you'll perish in fire but then people come to save her by giving her the 3 things

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  3. I think journey to Johannesburg is related to the movie we saw because Naledi and tiro went on a journey to Johannesburg to find Mma and in the movie at the trip the boy went looking for his brother and they both have a intresting journeys

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  4. I I think journey to joburg is similar to the movie we watched as a class because the boy did not listen to everyone in the village. and tiro and Naledi knew that Nono would not let them go so far from home more 300kl. And the boy meats people just like Naledi and tiro. But the only thing they don't have in coman is that in journey to joburg someone is sick and Naledi diner and mama go to the hospital.

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  5. There's a book that reminds me about this book it's oranges in no man's land.this book it's about two children that have to go in another city because there's a fight going on . And they don't know the city is falling apart and they live with they're granny but granny can't come with them because she is dying and they don't know what to do

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  6. I am reading journey to the centre of the Earth it's about a teanager and his uncle find a ancient book when they open it a page jroped on the floor the uncle picked it up and tried to read it but they couldn't they tried and tried for hours until the teanager Axle held it up and when the light shone on it he saw that it said, go down into the crater of snaefells yocul O audacious voyager and you will reach the middle of the Earth. I did it. Arne saknussemm. He wasn't sure wether to tell him but he did his uncle was so excited and so proud of Axle.

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  7. I have reading superhero school and it about kids who's try to find there superpower

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  8. I've been making a book about trying to find the little boy who was lost in a cave and There mum is stuck in a job that she can't get out of to help find Tommy so Sarha and Fred try to find out we're Tommy

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  9. I am reading The Fastest Boy In The World. It's about a 9 year old boy who goes to Addis Ababa with his Grandpa to meet someone. After a while the Grandpa gets sick so he runs all the way back to his village and tells his dad. Him and his dad go to Addis Ababa and take his grandpa to the hospital. After that the grandpa dies.

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  10. I'm reading The pony's and the star. This book is about two pony's who go on a journey to help a star go home. They ask every animal in the valley for help but at the end the wise owl knew. You have to climb mout maraki which is guarded by snow demons. They manage to outsmart them by throwing stone on the other side of the mountain to distracted them.

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  11. A simallaraty is that we went to the cinema we watched Adama it was simmalar because they both went to a journey to find somebody

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